I rode one several years ago. It was great fun until the truck passed me - and I was looking at his hubcap from less than three feet away.

It looked like he landed in the crab - he didn’t apply rudder to align the plane to the runway before touching down. That is dangerous. Notice the excessive smoke? That’s the tires scrubbing from being loaded sideways. He’s lucky he didn’t lose a tire or, in a worse scenario, one of the main gears.

Don’s flame suit....

“If you are out for a ride in East Jabip someplace and your fork/tire/hub/headset blows up, will the shop nearest you have the parts you need?” Bet you a buck “Cletus’ Bike-o-rama” doesnt sell Cannondale...

A road bike with drops and single-sided front suspension?

Good question. I have no answer.

When I was 16, I received my first ticket for speeding. To avoid points on my license, I went to defensive driving. The class was held in a large conference room with the tables arranged in a “U”. Idle chatter filled the room until the kid walked in. Yes, I do mean the kid. He looked to be about 10.

The problem is complex and we are only just beginning to understand it. Wind patterns and the role that trees play in blocking air movement are certainly important, but the species planted are also important. For example:

If he wanted the “bike on water” experience, whey didn’t he just buy one of these?

Brilliant!

Forget the bed sheets. Get some weatherbeaters or equivalent floor liners for the front, middle and the cargo area. These were the best investment we made after buying a new car.

The only thing you could do to improve your Hummer experience is get a trailer. Yes, they were able to maintain 60-something even with the trailers. We were passing them so quickly that we almost missed the photo opportunity.

You forgot to add, “When It Works” to your headline.

Exactly! The Ranchero and El Camino went the way of the dodo because of small trucks. Now that the only “small” truck is either old or so big that it would have qualified as a full-sized truck in the ages of disco and hair bands, the small truck niche is open again. The Santa Cruz looks to fill it nicely.

I am green with envy. One of the more memorable repairs I had to make was a clutch replacement on an ‘83 Honda Civic, in an unheated garage, in Oklahoma, in January. We sacrificed a couple of blankets trying to insulate ourselves from the cold concrete floor.

This is yet another example of a poorly designed map which influences the reader in unintentional ways. First, the map is presented in a Mercator projection which distorts areas to the north by making the longitudinal lines parallel. This makes the northern states appear much larger than they really are. Second, the…

The eye in the mouth is what I find most troublesome.

Not a problem! Just stick to flat areas! :)

I think this is a terrible way to learn. Touch the handlebar to the fence or the wall and it will steer the bike directly into the obstacle.